prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
than; from; out of; except; but; more
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so